Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot on February 17, 2021 virtually released the “ third edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary.
- The new dictionary has 10,000 terms (including 6,000 earlier terms).
- The Dictionary has been brought out by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous Institute under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
- The first edition of the ISL Dictionary was launched on March 23, 2018 with 3000 terms and the second edition with 6000 terms (including earlier 3000 terms) was launched on February 27, 2019.
- The Dictionary also contains regional signs used in different parts of the country.
